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Bridgerweight, also known as super cruiserweight, is a weight class in professional boxing used by the World Boxing Council (WBC) since 2020 and the World Boxing Association (WBA) since 2023. [1] The division is for boxers weighing between 200 pounds (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) and 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb). The weight is named after six-year-old ...
Amateur weight classes also specify the minimum weight (which the same as the maximum weight of the next highest class). [1] For safety reasons, fighters cannot fight at a higher weight. This also meant that even the heaviest weight class has a limit, albeit a lower bound. The lower limit for "heavyweight" was established in 1948 at 81 kg.
Bridgerweight boxers today weigh between 200 (90.7 kg) and 224 pounds (102 kg). In earlier times the minimum weight was anything above 175 pounds for the heavyweight division, and many early heaviweight champions weighed under 200 pounds. This weight division was created and currently only recognized by the World Boxing Council.
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As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
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Lara was stripped for missing the weight before his rematch against Leigh Wood. [190] 56 Leigh Wood (2) (def. Mauricio Lara) 27 May – 17 Oct 2023 1 Wood vacated the title to move up to super featherweight. [191] 57 Raymond Ford (def. Otabek Kholmatov) 2 Mar – 1 Jun 2024 0 58 Nick Ball: 1 Jun 2024 – present 1